Foreign funds - Gezai

Japanese: 外財 - げざい

It is the opposite of the Buddhist term naizai (internal wealth) and refers to assets outside the human body. In the Heian period, naizai was widely used to mean assets inside a house, such as naizai miscellaneous items and naizaimono (internal goods), rather than the original meaning of one's own flesh. On the other hand, gaizai was also written as gaizai (foreign materials) or gaizai (outside the human body), as shown in examples such as gaizai (foreign materials crafts, etc.), gaizai (small amount of outside talent on the road), gaizai (outside the road), and gaizai (the duty of a tribute is a tax imposed on outside talent), and was used to refer to artisans, including those who made handicrafts on the road, and entertainers such as puppets.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

仏教語の内財（ないざい）に対する語で，人間の身体の外の財産をさす。平安時代，内財は本来の，自分の身体の肉の意と異なり，〈内財雑物〉〈内財物〉のように，家宅の中の財物の意味で広く用いられている。一方，外財も，〈外材細工等の類〉〈道の細々外才の輩〉〈道々外才人〉〈供御人役は外才に付する課役なり〉などの用例が示すように，外材，外才とも書かれ，道々の細工などの手工業者から，傀儡（くぐつ）のような芸能民を含む〈職人〉にかかわる語として使用された。

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